Knitted article and method of making same



April 6 1926. C. S. HOLDEN KNITTED ARTICLE AND METHOD oF MAKING SAME Filed August 25, 1921 Pzaferitecl` A pr. 1926'.v

UNITED 1 TAT EFS PATENT; OFFICE;

CHARLES s. HOLDEN, OEWOECESTEE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOE, BY M'ESNE As-y SIGNMENTS, To HOLDEN KNITTING oo., oEwoEoESTEE, M11SSAOHUSETTs,noon;V

PORATION 0F MASSACHUSETTS." i'

KNITTEDAETI'OLE AND METHOD OE Mexm@ SAME.

)Y Appliation filed Augustzs, 19er Seriar No. 95,1561

To all whom t may concerns Be it knownk that I, CHARLES HOLDEN,

a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at L of Vorcest-er. and Commonwealth of'MassachusettS, .have

inve-nteda new and useful4 Improvement in. a KnittedArticle andfMethod of Making,

lVorcesten i inV the county Same, of which the following, together with the accompanying drawings, is a specification., j l' My' invention relates generally to articles of knitted vmaterial land has forl its object to provide, as an improved article of manufacture, a knitted varticle whichjmayV be readily drawn over the hand and-which may Vthen be employed,` in somewhat "the,

same manner as a Sponge or mop, for purposes of washing when Vin a wet condition or for polishing when'in-adry condition.

My invention further contemplates an improved method of manufacture whereby Y knitted articles of thel above `described nay ture may-be cheaplyjand `easily made from material formed byknitting machines. of the type commonly used' 'for the manufac-Y ture of hosiery rand other 'knitted articles generally tubular in` form. These and other advantageous featuresof my invention will hereinafter more yfully* appear reference being hadV to the accompanying drawings in which, c f f Fig. 1 is a plan view of a portionof a continuous web of knittedv material from which'my improved articles'- of manufacture are to be made.

Fig. 2 is a view of a length of material cut from the Web Shown in Fig. 1 from Vwhich a single article is to be made;

Fig. 3 is a view" of the length of knitted material shownk iny Fig. 2 following the carrying out of several ste method of manufacture.'V Y

Fig. -l is a view showing a -completed article applied to the hand of a user. f

Referring to Fig. 1, a web ofmaterial, generally tubular in form, is produced by any suitable knitting machine with certain portionsk 1 thereof more closely knit than other portions 2 thereof. The portions 2, therefore, appear wider than the portions 1 and the operation of the machine is so regulated that the portions 1 and2 arek formed` ps in my improved Y relative width 'and vlength of the portions 1I and2` can be readily controlled, as desired,'agv

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A continuous web of material knitted, asVV shown ink Fig. 1, having been produced, separate Vlengths of material are taken therekfrom by .cutting every other closely knitted portion 1 along the dotted lines, sothat' eachl Served length of material4 appears asjshownA in Fig. 2.y y The next Step inthe manufacture of my improvedV article is to slip anY annularv band 3 ofresilient materialzover :one of the portions 2 Yand'positioning it at substantially Theband 3 maybecomposed of any. suitable inherently resilient material, such as rubber,

p and ,tends to gatherthe'knitted material to-,4I gather at ysubstantially the middleof theA portion 1. The band y3 isthen held by hand,

'or anyzother Suitable means, in .the position shown in Fig. 2while one-half :of the severed lengthof material islpulled over tliefother. half as shown inFigp until the .ends ofA the halfk .portions la, and 1areV .even with each cthen The article rvAthen. VKhas the ap- 'ably narrower than the otherv end of the article.

The half portions Pand 1b are then SeWed fthe Vmiddle vof e ther yclosely knit `portion '1.

8o pear-ance shown ,infFig 4, whichthe band I 3 will be entirely concealed .and will' Attend together as indicated at 4 and, ifV desired, .1 the ends of the half portions 1a and 1b may be trimmed to give a finished appearance. Stitches indicated at 5 ymay also be taken through vthe folded-over portion 1 in order to confine the band?) in the positionshown. The completed article is then ready to be drawn Overnthe hand of the user,'as shownyin Fig. 4, from which it is apparent that the hand of the user Will be completely enclosed.l

by thearticle and Will be` prevented from lSlipping olf the hand by the `fact that the band 3 tends to holdv the foldedfover portion 1 in close Contact with the Wrist of theuser. It is obvious that the folded-over portions 2 are of amplel Width and length to allow the hand to remain. in the article kwithout being cramped. Y v

VThe karticle may then be used as a sponge or mop for the purpose of scrubbing or washu ing'and lit is obvious that it is adaptedfor having to hold it.

a wide variety of usages. For instance, it is particularly adapted for washing automobiles as it can hold as much water and soap as an ordina-ry sponge and, unlike a sponge, can be applied to all parts of an automobile or other similarvehicle without Furthermore, it can be applied to places which cannot .be reached by an ordinary sponge, such as in between the spokes of the wheels, and Ain betweenthe many rods and other members encountered in the under bodies .of automobiles. Obviously my improved article may be as readiy employed when washing or scrubbing surfaces located in other inconvenient places, A further advantage of my article lies in the fact that one article can be applied to each hand of the user without materially affecting the use of the hands when 'the user desires to employ lt iem to hold or steady himself. This is impossible when using an ordinary sponge or mop, and it will be readily seen that a window washer equipped with two of my improved hand mops will be able to use lirst one hand and then the other for either washing the window or supporting himself.

A still Jfurther advantage of my improved article lies in the i'act that the user may employ the article on one hand for washing and the article on the other hand for polishing the surface which has been washed. As

a further aid to the user when it is desired to employ the article as a vpolishing means, a piece 6 of polishing material, such as chamois, may be secured to the inside ot' one of the portions 2, before the article is completed as indicated in Fig. 2. The piece 6 will then be disposed inside of the article after Vit is completed, but can be readily made accessible for use by turning the article inside-out. Obviously other modiications oi this sort can be made for adapting the article for special uses, suc-h `iter instance as sewi-ngfa piece of material impregnated with some polishing` or abrasive compound -to the portions 2, in somewhat the same manner as `shown in Fig'. 2.

While I have shown my invention as being-carried-out for the production ot articles shaped as shown in the drawings and have described its use in detail for certain purposes, vit is obviousrthat the article may have other forms and may be used -tor other purposes without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. l desire therefore that only such limitations be imposed thereon as may come within the scope of the appended claim.

l claim,

The method of making improved knitted articles for cleaning purposes, which consists in irst providing a length of tubular knitted web comprising' a series of portions of equal lengths and diameters separated by a series of portions of smaller lengths and diameters and being more closely knit, any two of `the longer portions and any two of the smaller portions being exactly similar, then cutting'` said tubular knitted web at every other smaller portion, passing rubber bands around the intermediate ,smaller portions, then pulling one long portion of each piec so, cut over the band and over the other long portion, until the severed endsmeet, and finally securing `the ends, vthus forming articles providing a tube having unbroken double walls, one end thereof being' closed.

CHARLES S. HOLDEN. 

